Deployment Scripts For Systems Running Linux Operating Systems
The following table lists the deployment scripts for systems running Linux.
Table 19. Deployment Scripts For Linux
Script Name | Description | Associated Files |
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|
|
lininst.sh | Performs an | • tkenvset.sh — Used by lininst.sh to inform the task scripts |
| unattended | |
| about where to find the DTK utilities, scripts, and | |
| installation of a | |
| configuration files. | |
| supported Red Hat | |
| • grub — Used to install the operating system in | |
| Enterprise Linux | |
| conjunction with the unattended answer file in BIOS | |
| operating system in | |
| mode. | |
| BIOS and UEFI mode. | |
| • grub2 — Used to install the operating system in | |
|
| |
|
| conjunction with the unattended answer file in UEFI |
|
| mode. |
|
| NOTE: Both grub and grub2 uses the following |
|
| images in conjunction with the unattended answer |
|
| file to perform unattended operations: |
|
| – initial ramdisk — Available on the Dell Systems |
|
| Build and Update Utility. |
|
| – kernel image — Available on the Linux operating |
|
| system media. |
|
| • ks.cfg — Used by lininst.sh in conjunction with grub to |
|
| install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (versions 3 and |
|
| 4) operating system files in BIOS mode. |
|
| • |
|
| to install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (versions 5) |
|
| operating system files in BIOS mode. |
|
| • |
|
| grub to install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server |
|
| (versions 6) operating system files in BIOS mode. |
|
| • ks_rhel6_uefi.cfg — Used by lininst.sh in conjunction |
|
| with grub2 to install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server |
|
| (versions 6) operating system files in UEFI mode. |
suseinst.sh | Performs an | • tkenvset.sh — Used by suseinst.sh to inform the task |
| unattended | |
| scripts about where to find the DTK utilities, scripts, and | |
| installation of a | |
| configuration files. | |
| supported SUSE Linux | |
| • grub — Used to install the operating system in | |
| Enterprise Server | conjunction with the unattended answer file in BIOS |
| operating system. | |
| mode. | |
|
| |
|
| • grub2 — Used to install the operating system in |
|
| conjunction with the unattended answer file in UEFI |
|
| mode. |
|
| NOTE: Both grub and grub2 uses the following |
|
| images in conjunction with the unattended answer |
|
| file to perform unattended operations: |
|
| – initial ramdisk — Available on the SUSE Linux |
|
| Enterprise Server operating system media |
|
| – kernel image — Available on the SUSE Linux |
|
| Enterprise Server operating system media |
|
| • autoinst.xml — Used by suseinst.sh in conjunction with |
|
| grub to install the operating system files. |
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